Approvals for January 2014

**Recruitment and consultancy freeze – exceptions approved – January 2014**

During the month of January 2014, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy / recruitment | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|----------| | 07/01/2014 | 333 CO | Temporary Management Accountant | Recruitment | Approved | | 09/01/2014 | 335 RME | Temporary Financial Analyst (extension to Ref: 302) | Recruitment | Approved | | 09/01/2014 | 336 RSD | RSD Team Administrator | Recruitment | Approved | | 10/01/2014 | 339 RPP | Senior Civil Engineer (secondment) | Recruitment | Approved | | 20/01/14 | 343 RSD | Trainee Safety Inspector – South West | Recruitment | Approved | | 20/01/14 | 344 RPP | Grade E Business Intelligence executive | Recruitment | Approved | | 22/01/14 | 345 RPP | RPP Team Administrator | Recruitment | Approved | | 29/01/14 | 350 CO | HR Business Partner | Recruitment | Approved | | 30/01/14 | 346 Strategy | Review of RM3, £30,000 | Consultancy | Approved | | 30/01/14 | 347 RPP | Consultancy support for determination of enhancements costs in 2013/14, £140,000 (extension to Ref: 313) | Consultancy | Approved | Requests for consultancy valued at \<£20,000 considered by the Director of Corporate Operations:

| Date | Code | Description | Type | Status | |----------|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------| | 09/01/14 | 337 | Case – advice regarding market definition, £20,000 | Consultancy | Approved| | 09/01/14 | 338 | Impact of reclassification of Network Rail's debt, £8,000 | Consultancy | Approved| | 22/01/14 | 342 | “R” statistical software development, £15,000 | Consultancy | Approved| | 30/01/14 | 352 | Expert witness, £9,974 | Consultancy | Approved|